BEWARE OF THIS BOOK!!

This came to me in an email from several good Christian friends and I knew this was worth passing on.

It is so hard to raise children today in this world and unfortunately the world makes it harder everyday. But as Christan Mom's I believe it is our job to ban together and help each other be aware of things out there that are designed to hurt children, both physically and spiritually....so I am passing this on to you...

Be blessed my dear friends!

Suz~

If you have children or grandchildren, work with children at church, or you have neighborhood children whose parents you know, please take note of the information below and pass it along to others. Schools are distributing this book to children through the Scholastic Book Club. The name of the book is Conversations with God.. James Dobson talked about this book twice this week. It is devastating. Parents, churches and Christian schools need to be aware of it. Please pass this information on to church/e-mail addressees, Parents, Grandparents, Aunts, Uncles, Cousins,friends. Please pay special attention not only to what your kids watch on TV, in movie theaters, on the Internet, and the music they listen to, but also be alert regarding the books they read. Two particular books are, Conversations with God and Conversations with God for Teens, written by Neale D. Walsch. They sound harmless enough by their titles alone. The books have been on the New York Times best sellers list for a number of weeks, and they make truth of the statement, "Don't judge book by its cover or title." The author purports to answer various questions asked by kids using the"voice of God". However, the "answers" that he gives are not Bible-based and go against the very infallible word of God. For instance (and I paraphrase),when a girl asks the question "Why am I a lesbian?" His answer is that she was 'born that way' because of genetics (just as you were born right-handed, with brown eyes, etc.). Then he tells her to go out and "celebrate" her differences. Another girls poses the question "I am living with my boyfriend. My parents say that I should marry him because I am living in sin. Should I marry him?" His reply is, "Who are you sinning against? Not me, because you have done nothing wrong." Another question asks about God's forgiveness of sin. His reply "I do not forgive anyone because there is nothing to forgive. There is no such thing as right or wrong and that is what I have been trying to tell everyone, do not judge people. People have chosen to judge one another and this is wrong,because the rule is "'judge not lest ye be judged." Not only are these books the false doctrine of the devil, but in some instances quote (in error) the Word of God. And the list goes on. These books (and others like it) are being sold to schoolchildren through (The Scholastic Book Club), and we need to be aware of what is being fed to our children. Our children are under attack. So I pray that you be sober and vigilant about teaching your children the Word of God, and guarding their exposure to worldly mediums, because our adversary, the devil, roams about as a roaring lion seeking whom he may devour (1 Peter 5:8). We know that lions usually hunt for the slowest, weakest and YOUNGEST of its prey. Pass this on to every Believer you know. God bless! And, if you are in doubt, check out the books yourself.

Morning of Faithfullness

I have many reason to call my life blessed. I have a wonderful husband who works hard for us to provide what we need. 4 wonderful children that The Lord has entrusted me with. We live in a beautiful State and are fortunate enough to be able to wake up every morning enjoying God's beautiful art work as the sun rises over the farm land and corn fields.
I have especially felt blessed since God has made a way for us to begin Homeschooling our girls, Emily and Gabrielle.
Homeschooling is something I have always felt in my heart I was meant to do and I had tried before but I was not confident and didn't let myself entirely trust God in it.
For the past year I have felt the gentle tugging and whispers of The Lord pulling us in that direction again with the girls...so we began to pray. God spoke to both our hearts and we have brought the girls home and I have been homeschooling them now since August. It has been an amamzing blessing to our family. While it has been such a wonderful thing I have struggled with feelings of inadequacy as I am sure all Homeschooling Mom's do...

I really want to be that quiet and humble wife God has called to me me to be...obeying and respecting my husband and being a witness for Christ to others. I really want to be that sweet and patient Mother and teacher to my kids, and I want to be the Christian woman God has called me to be, quiet and strong and Faithful!!! Always praying, gentle in Spirit, always encouraging, humble and meek....wow...is there such a woman???

Striving to be this has not been an easy thing for me. God has created me with a BIG personality and a BIG mouth to match!!
If you know me personally you are laughing and shaking your head YES right now!! LOL!!
So I struggle everyday with feelings of failure and unworthiness when it comes to righteousness and being that witness for Christ.
As I opened my Bible this morning and I was fighting those feelings once again, I was totally amazed and blessed by God's faithfulness once again.

Lamentations 3: 19-26
I remember my affliction and my wandering, the bitterness and the gall.
I well remember them,
and my soul is downcast within me.
Yet this I call to mind and therefore I have hope:
Because of The Lords great love we are not consumed,
for HIS compassion's never fail.
They are new every morning:
GREAT IS YOUR FAITHFULNESS!
I say to myself; "The Lord is my portion:
therefore I will wait for Him."
The Lord is good to those whose hope is in Him, to the one who seeks Him.
it is good to wait quietly for the salvation of The Lord.


This passage both blessed me and had me on my knees this morning...."Oh Lord I am not worthy...Not worthy to carry your Gospel...but I want you to use me"
Sometimes the words that come out my lips are not the words of a righteous woman.
They are not the words of gentle Mother or a loving wife.
Nor the words of an encouraging friend or of wise council. I came before The Lord this morning with shame in my heart...but His word promised me forgiveness and faithfulness...OH GREAT IS THE LORD!!! AND WORTHY TO BE PRAISED!!!
So as I start my day renewed and refreshed...His Mercy IS NEW EACH MORNING!!
And I am a new creation in Christ...through HIM I am the gentle Mother, That wise teacher, A good friend, A humble and obedient wife, a glorious light and witness for HIM!!! I will not let whispers of satan steal that away from me...I will stand of THE WORD OF GOD!! Stand of his MIGHTY PROMISES TODAY!!! AND BE A BLESSINGS TO THOSE AROUND ME!!! Thank you Lord for your Faithfulness!!!
Be Blessed my friends as you go and be that light for Him!!!

A Daily Death

As I wrote yesterday about seasons I began to think on the passage I shared and what God was showing me through it....
A time to be born and a time to die.
As a new Christian I was born again. It wasn't an easy commitment for me to make. I have heard others say that as soon as they accepted Jesus thier lives where automatically transformed and I have also witnessed that...WHAT A GLORIOUS THING!!
For me it took time. As we know satan comes at you full force after making a decision to follow Christ. I was no exception. My struggle lasted longer, and because I did not armor up with The Word every day as I was taught to do my struggle was mighty.
But Our Lord is FAITHFUL!!! And His promises are true and His eye truly is on the sparrow...yes I was born again but I had to die.....and every day I have die.
I have die of myself.
Myself is very weak, PRAISE GOD HE STRONG!!!
Life can be discouraging...it seems when we are all ready for our day, prayed up, armed with The Word after our time spent with God in His scriptures the world comes at us full force. I don't know about you, but sometimes I just want to throw my hands up!!
The kid's get mouthy, a phone call with unexpected news may threatened to ruin your whole day,
money problems, there are so many things in this world we come up against.....that is when I have to die of myself and remember I am born in Christ.
I may sin in those moments with a harsh mouth or thoughts that do not Honor Him, but I can die of that and renew my strength in HIM!!! WHAT A BEAUTIFUL THING!!!

But those who hope in the LORD will renew their strength.
They will soar on wings like eagles;
they will run and not grow weary,
they will walk and not be faint.
Isaiah 40:31
WHAT AN AWESOME PROMISE!!
I will rest in this today, I will be encouraged today by renewed strength in Jesus as I wait upon The Lord.
I may have sick kids, the dishes may not get done, life and circumstances happen all around me but I know My Lord is with me, My Encourager, My Rock, My Salvation, My Truest Friend and with Him I will soar of the wings of His Beauty and Grace...be blessed today my friends!

So many Changes....

So many changes occur in us though out our walks as Christians, Seasons....
As I was sitting on my back deck the other morning enjoying my coffee and digging into The word my eyes fell upon one of my favorite passages;
There is a time for everything, and a season for every activity under heaven:
a time to be born and a time to die,
a time to plant and a time to uproot,
a time to kill and a time to heal,
a time to tear down and a time to build.
a time to weep and a time laugh,
a time to mourn and a time to dance,
a time to scatter stones and a time gather them,
a time to embrace and a time to refrain,
a time to search and a time to give up,
a time to keep and a time to throw away,
a time tear and a time to mend,
a time to be silent and a time to speak,
a time love and a time to hate,
a time for war and time for peace.
What does the worker gain from his toil? I have seen the burdens God has laid on men. He has made everything beautiful in His time. He has also set eternity in the hearts of men, yet they cannot fathon what God has done from beginning to end.

As my eyes fell upon this scripture my first reaction was surprise,. It was the morning of the arrival of the visit of my Mother and I couldn't understand why God had brought me to a passage that clearly had to with death.
I did not understand.
Only weeks later after mom's visit of I understand the message God wanted me grasp through this passage.
The changes. The changes in me. The changes HE has made in through the seasons He has brought me through in my life. And oh what Stormy season have they been.
My Mother has been a witness to all those seasons as many people have. I as a woman of faith have sailed through a many Stormy sea....offering up prayers as my sails and accepting God's lifesaver thrown to me as He rescued me from many deep and dark places in my life.
I have come to know that those seasons truly have made me stronger.
I have been a Christian for over 11 years and my walk has never been stronger.
My fellowship has never been sweeter and the changes in me in the past year are mighty!!
It may seem funny for a Chrisitan woman of so many years to say but once I really opened that precious word of God and took or what it really was my life changed, my seasons changed and God has moved me. He blesses me everyday showing me new things I haven't seen before and His beauty is so bright as it shines promise into each new morning.
I want to shout it from my roof top and whisper it in the ears of my children as they sleep....GOD IS GOOD AND WORTHY TO BE PRAISED!!!!
So here and now the season has begun...the season of truth, the season of Blessings and the season of hope.
I will write my blogs in love and truth and share what God his doing in my life and heart.
I will share the joy I have in The Lord and The joy I have from being the help-meet to my husband and mother of children. But most of all I will share how God is moving my life...I hope you will be blessed....
Suzanne~

WAL-MART FUN!!!

WAL-MART FUN!!!Wal-Mart is not one of my favorite places and even less of my favorites when I have to take my kids....it started back in those lovely early years of marriage and early toddler hood for my kidsand many deployments taking Duane to another country......I can remember putting it off until we where eating dried cereal, drinking powdered milk and using dishtowels for diapers....well okay then...I guess I need to go!!! So I start the process of getting three under of the age of three ready for our nightmare...oh I mean lovely shopping trip..... let the games begin!!!!

I start by getting each one dressed.....shirt, pants, socks, shoes....okay....do they teach them at birth how position their feet so Mom cannot get shoes on them??? VERY WELL then barefoot we go!!!!!
Then because we lived in an upstairs apartment I would start the process of bringing them down one at a time and safely securing them into their car seats....always a pleasure when all three are screaming there heads off and I was sure I was Going to be deaf by 38..... (by the way...that didn't happen.....too bad cause that would have been very useful in the mornings during sibling breakfast fights!!!...what??? she called you a what?? I'm sorry...you made me deaf when you where 18 months old...I CAN"T HEAR YOU!!! HA!)

So I would have all three in the car and off to Wally World we go....with a faint smell of dead something in the car....oh Wait...THERE is that darn sipppy cup!!!

We arrive at Wal-Mart and I park as close to empty cart as I can...load all three in...baby in front, two toddlers in the back who consequently still love each other with out a clue of the problem sitting so close together will cause when they are 9 and 10.....LUCKY ME!!!!

We enter the store and I grab another cart to pull and push the cart filled with my precious cargo and right now things pretty quiet ...... we stop off at the bakery first for free cookies...always a winner to get me through produce.....

I start filling my other basket as my baby...yes,,,begins to fill her diaper.....I am getting rude looks now...I mean come one people....don't you think it could be a rotten banana perhaps...no chance...it's GABBIE!!! Off to the bathroom we go.... now I get experience the fun of changing a baby with two lose toddlers...no we don't flush our sister down the toilet and OH MY...NOT MOMMY'S KEEEEEEYS!!!! ......my life is GOOD!
We get the diaper changed and I expose of it wrapped in a wal-mart bag...yes...we recycle...see...I do care about the earth...and the noses of the patrons of the Wal-Mart bathroom!!


We are off again to fill our cart....we are doing pretty good, get through the frozen isle, meats, canned foods as we come to the Cookie isle screams are erupting everywhere from my cart...it seems Christopher in hungry and taken to chewing on his sisters ear...how convenient he does this in the cookie isle..I grab a bad of vanilla wafers and toss one at each child...now Duane hated when I did this...until I explained that this was not stealing I had every intention of paying for them and that I truly believed this was a courtesy of Wal-Mart to provide for Mothers to keep their little shopper companions happy and to keep peace in the store...beside honey...if you want to do the shopping with the kids...you are more than welcome...he never said another word about it.

As the kids are munching I finish up in the baby isle...after spending a weeks salary on diapers, baby wipes and baby food am good to go....

We round over to the cashiers...I avoid walking down the women's section where they have cute Jammie's and bras and panties made for woman who are made like me before I had 4 kids...oh well.....

We end up at cashier and I can recall one specific time...the kids had enough and no matter how many vanilla wafers I have thrown at them they are all waling at the top of their lungs now...maybe I should have visited the children's NyQuil section??? LOL!!!!! Okay so I wouldn't do that...but Mom's...don't tell you have never thought about it.....LOL!!!!

Anyway...I got a young early 20's man this time and he was not only very nervous by my choir of screaming babies but NEW!!! OH JOY!!!!

He proceeds to check me out with many glances towards my crying masses of lungs and opened mouths as I try to console them and start to dream about a beach where I am alone and the sun is hot and the only crying I can hear are the seagulls...Ma'am??...Ma'aaaaammmmmmm....
darn...back to reality....yes?? Your baby is purple!!!
Alarmed I look quickly over to the baby and realize she is full fit mode......she is breathing...she is just MAD...oh it's okay, I say...she is just not very happy right now...she tends to turn purple when she is mad...isn't that the cutest thing I say...smiling sweetly at him....his look tells me no..indeed that is NOT cute...he continues to check us out and I can feel my blood pressure rising..I start to wonder if I dropped dead right here from stress would they be able to find some one to raise my children while my husband is deployed...probably not...darn...no dying today...so this poor guy finally gets us checked out and I write my check and I think okay we are home free....I was in no way prepared for the next comment he made....he said
"Don't you what causes that??" Gesturing toward my precious but mad and screaming children...I blink for a moment wondering if I had heard him correctly and then say...why yes I do...why do you think I have so many....I am lucky I don't have 50!!! He turns red and hands me my receipt...I am thinking he will think twice before he asks that question again.....
we are off to find the van...something that always takes me at least 15 minutes...this before we had an alarm on the van and now I just hit the panic button and follow the sound of the loudly beeping car as people are dashing away with their ears covered...sorry...but LOOK I FOUND IT!!!!

I once again load each child into their car seats...the baby first..because once I tried to get the others in first Chris pushed Gabbie off the top after he unlocked that little thing that is supposed to hold her in and I dove across the parking lot like a baseball player sliding into home and caught the car seat before it hit the pavement...SAFE!!!!!

We drive home after I have passed out sippy cups and bottles...and I try to calm down on the way home before gearing up to unload three little ones and a whole van full groceries to a second floor apartment...did I tell you how found of the Air Force I was back in those days???

Our trips to Wal-mart now are different but still as stress full.....they consist of....three children trying to walk side by side me while they are all holding onto the cart blocking anyone who is trying to get by.....and alot of Mom...she hit meeeee....Mom...Chris is eating the snow from freezer section again...IT'S MY TURN TO PICK THE CEREAL!!! I GET THE PRIIIIIIZEEEEEEEEE!!! Me saying " please let go of the cart" ..NO...you can't have that..we are getting what is on the list only...well okay I guess...wait didn;'t I say NO!!!!!"
and...Chris...please stop shooting the people walking by...girls don't push each other...WHAT DO MEAN YOU HAVE TO GO TO BATHROOM WE JUST WENT!!! ...I SAID NO!!!!!
This last trip was more fun than usual ending with Chris totally melting down because I would not buy him a High School Musical book...he decided to sit on the floor while crying and try to stretch off his face...okay so that will make me change my mind??? and when on earth did I give birth to such an elastic child...I mean wow really...stretch Armstrong has nothing on him...I manage to calm him down with a promise to take him to library, fight off Emily who has turned into octopus arms reaching for gum...and Gabbie is loading the groceries into the cart...she has been visited by good pod people today :)
Soooo...we do survive and make it out as I once again vow never to bring my children to wal-mart with me again!!!

HAPPY MORNINGS!!!

Mornings at the Day's
Why oh why does 6:30 am come so early??? I swear when that alarm goes off and wakes me somewhere in the middle of dream I feel like I just went to sleep...this is what follows
hubby: Babe are you up??
me: mmmmmmmmmmm
<<5>>>>>
hubby: Baaaaaaaby......you have to get up it is your turn
me: okay........uugghhhhhh
<<Girls room first.....
Me: Gaaaaabbbie....good morning princess, rise and shine, time to get up
Gabbie: (she is not moving...is she dead??? ..maybe...oh wait there is some movement....she covers her head with her pillow...okay so she IS alive::::::
Me: come on Gabbie....it's time to get up sweetie
Gabbie : I KNOOOW!!!!!
Me: come on baby
:::I move onto Emily in the top bunk:::Me: Good Morning Chris......
Em: Good Morning Momma!!!!
Me :::thinking...wow this is the sweetest girl ever!!!!
I look at Gabbie...she is not moving again....
Me: Gabbie...you have to get up sweetie!!!
Gabbie: I KNOOOOOW!!!
Me: If you know then why are you still lying there??? :::an obvious question I am thinking...I move on
I move to Chris's room
Me; Good Morning Chris...time to get up Buddy
;;;;he is dead too::::
CHris!!! Come one buddy....it's time for school
Chris: I'm sick
Me: your okay buddy I promise....
Chris: I'm sooo sick
Me: Get up...your going to school....( we have been through this before...can you tell?)
I move to the kitchen calling out to all...come on guys you HAVE to get up!!!
I start making eggs (okay before you think....wow what a Mom!! I do not do this every morning...alot of mornings we are feasting on cereals and milk...okay...most mornings!!!)
But this morning I am feeling extra super Mommy!!!
So I start the eggs and check the clock it has been 8 minutes...no one is moving
me: GUYS!!!! YOU HAVE TO GET UP NOOW!!!!
Don't make me wake up DADDY!!!
(they get up)
Emily proceeds to lock herself in the bathroom...a common morning occurrence since she has reached tween status!!! Chris is jumping around the hallway looking like he is going to burst...
me: go use my bathroom...and please AIM and lift the lid....don't forget to flush!!!
I check on Gabbie...she is awake but just staring into space.....a coma perhaps???
Me: Gabbie.....you have to get dressed sweetie
Gabbie : I KNOOOOOW!
(I let it go) Me: come on sweetie.......get dressed...
:::she starts reaching for her clothes...SUCCESS!!!!
( My sweet 9 year old Gabbie is a very pleasant and sweet child who is eager to help and always keeps us laughing...but at night night pod people take over her brain leaving this child who is grouchy, mean and has a strong desire to start fights with her brother and sister forno apparent reason in the mornings....
the government has been alerted!!!
I move back to the kitchen.... Chris comes in...he is dressed but his shirt is inside out.....
not bad...he IS dressed.... I feel a slight victory!!! As I pull his shirt over his head and turn it right side....
he starts to make toast that needs 9 tablespoons of strawberry jam.....
Emily is still in the bathroom...I think she is the slowest child ever and has a nickname of Pokey!!!
Me: Em....come on sweetie you have 15 minutes till you leave for the bus...
Em.......I knoooow!!!! (wow....double pod people???)
Gabbie comes out...she is smiling and gives me a big hug...the pod people have returned her brain!!)
Me: Hey sweetie...I made you eggs
Gabbie : I DON"T want eggs
(welcome back pod people)
Me; Then have cereal.....
Gabie gets her cereal and sits down...Chris is still scooping jam on his toast...I manage to remove the jar and scoop at least half of the jam of his toast before he even blinks...I have mad mommy skills!!!
;;;Emily is STILL in the bathroom...what does that child do in there???
I knock and open the door...she standing there staring at her self in the mirror....
ummmm........
Me: come one sweetie...you are going to be late.....your eggs are ready
Em: okay Momma.....
thank you pod people for leaving one for me!!!
They all eat...this morning actually is pretty quiet and there are no
" stop looking at me...that's my CHAIR...I'm not a dork...your a dork...MOOOOOOM!!!! He's looking at me...MOOOOM
Me: nobody look at anyone ever again!!!!!
but today is pretty quiet and Iurge them to eat and tell them to put on their shoes....
7:03......almost there....
they all clear the table...wow..... new pod people...the GOOD kind...they can stay!!!
They all go to get their shoes on...after I go on a mad sock hunt....this happens at least once a week....
Gabbie screas from her bed room
"I cna't get my shoes on....MOOOOOM.....I CAN'T GET MY SHOES ON!!!!!
sigh...is coffee ready yet???
Me: well come in here and I will help...as I busy myself helping my nine year old child get her shoe on I notice Emily is back in the bathroom
Me: come on Em...your going to be late
::Chris walks in...shoes on jacket on....I am proud
&:08....they will have to leave soon...Gabbie is now ready to go and want to go NOW!!!
It is still dark and I tell her wait for her brother and sister....I see the sun starting to rise...Emily is ...yup....STILL IN THE BATHROOM!!!
Me; EMILY!!! YOU HAVE TO GET YOUR SHOES ON NOW.......
Em: I knoooooow
okay...sometimes you have to pick your battles and I decide not to battles "I know" before I have had my first cup of coffee......
Gabbie: MOM!!! There is someone in the yard...
I look...it is the scarecrow we have put up for fall decorations.....did I mention Gabbie has a flare for the dramatics???
Me; EMMMMILY!!!
she comes out...coat on...shoes on back pack on.....
Emily: Mom...I'm ready....why are you freaking out...
okay...well there you go then.....
Emilycomes for her kiss....I can always count on a kiss from her every morning before she leaves...the other two need reminders....
the move outside...my heart is warmed as I watch them walk through the yard...the girls have their arms around each other...and nobody is annoyed that anyone is looking at each other...A MOTHER SUCCESS!!!!
I call out "Have a wonderful day in Jesus!!!"
Then I add...... " Always enjoy each other...your family is one of your greatest blessings!!!!"
every once in while I have those kind of words of wisdom for me...in my mind they file it for future reference......ahhhh a mother sweet delusion I watch as my three beautiful blessings from God are off to meet the bus and wonder how I ever deserved to be so blessed....as I head in the house I smell the sweet welcome aroma of my coffee....I silently thank God for my wonderful life :)

My start....

Welcome to my page!!
I am excited to have started a journal all about my favorite subject...MY FAMILY!!! My name is Suzanne and I am a Christian Wife and Mommy. My husband and I have been married 11 years and together we have three children...Chris is 11, Emily is 10 and Gabbie is 9...I also have an 18 year old son named Edward.
Recently we have moved from Florida to Nebraska!! What a change...so far we are loving it...I am seeing change of seasons for the first time in 20 years!!! The weather is starting to get a little cold and so far it's a welcome change....
My son Chris has been diagnosed with Asperbers, which is a mild form of Autism...I will be talking about that some and also the joy of raising my kids and the love I have for my hubby and being the keeper of our home!
Even after 11 years I am still 100% in love with my husband. God has truly blessed us! We have gone through some really rough times but God is faithful and we are happier than ever!!!
We have been here in Nebraska since August and I am happy to say we have found a wonderful church!! The kids are settling in and we are chalk full of after school activities right now!!
Sooo...I have to go finish dinner but will write again soon...
God Bless!!